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The fourth edition of the Wanna Watch! Film Edition series. This is a very biased list.

2019:

1.Shazam

It’s so fun to yell out “SHAZAM”! I’m sure after the movie comes out I’m going to think differently and not want to yell out “Shazam” ever again. Well, that’s if that movie gets super popular.

2.The Incredibles 2

I am very curious as to what Jack Jack is like now. And will we see Frozone’s wife? The one that is his only greater good?

3.Wicked

I saw the stage musical. I’m slightly excited and mostly hoping it won’t come out as Rock of Ages. I LOVED the Rock of Ages musical, I hated the movie.

2020:

Obviously my inner DC fangirl is screaming for these two movies.

1.Cyborg

Like the Black Panther in the previous list, I wasn’t expecting Cyborg to have his own stand-alone movie planned until like 44 years from now, when I’m 65.

2.Green Lantern Corps

I remember clearly how disappointed people were when it wasn’t John Stewart in the standalone Green Lantern movie. I also clearly remember seeing in the trailer of Deadpool, cracks being shot towards that Green Lantern movie. I wonder if we are going to see a Star Sapphire cameo in this? If so I’d like it to be either Fatality or Carol Ferris. (Maybe if possible both? Have Carol Ferris be in it and someone make a joke that refrences Fatality in someway? Or vice versa.)

Part three of the Wanna Watch! Film Edition series. This is a very biased list.

1.Black Panther

I never thought this would get a movie while I am still young. I expected a movie version of this to come out when I’m 65, 44 years from now.

2. Tomb Raider

I still haven’t actually played this game yet. (I played like a 30 minute demo, I wouldn’t count that) And I refuse to use emulators I want an actual console. Yes, I’m picky like that.

3. Aquaman

Jason FREAKIN Momoa! I still want to see him in more roles. If Justice League doesn’t restore Aquaman’s rep in the general public this should!

4. Jungle Book

I’m very interested in this. The child playing Mowgli is Rohan Chand, who is NOT a newcomer child actor. He is thankfully of Indian descent. Theatre is diverse and in a different world than film, so I’m perfectly fine with character’s not matching ethnicites. However, film has a very long history of having mostly those of European descent playing characters of Asian, African, Pacific-Islander, etc descent WHILE at the same time people of color are not given many roles. Frustatingly, when they do actually get roles its like the same cliched, stereotypical and or romanticized character that’s been done since like the 1950s. Slowly, this trend of stereotypical roles is changing, thank goodness. Though the changes at times are just having a non-white person play a white character, it’s something but it’ll be nice to just make new characters in general.

5. Mary Poppins Returns

I’m curious about this, the children have grown up in this film and the actors are all different. A certain person from Hamilton and In the Heights is going to be in this.

6. Animated Spider-Man

I’m just hoping for Black Cat to be in it. XD

7. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Benedict Cumberbatch will be the Grinch in this movie and to me it sounds interesting. I honestly wonder how this will come out.

8. S.C.O.O.B

This live action movie is suppose to be apparently the first of many Hanna Barbera live action films. Yep. Hanna Barbera is doing what Marvel and DC have been doing for years. Good luck! I hope to see Josie and the Pussycats.

The second part of Wanna Watch! Film Edition. A very biased list of films I want to watch in the year of 2017.

1.Beauty and the Beast

My dream musical/theatre role is to be Babette (The feather duster). I’ve seen Lumiere (candle) and Cogsworth (clock) picture teasers and it’s very interesting! Especially since Lumiere doesn’t seem to have a face….

2. Power Rangers

GO GO POWER RANGERS! Yea, this is mostly because of nostalgia.

3. Guardians of the Galaxy 2

I don’t really watch or consume that many Marvel materials. The first movie was interesting.

4. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man Tell no tales

I think we will see Will Turner’s (Orlando Bloom) son finally all grown up! WHOOO!

5. Wonder Woman

I’m a DC fangirl. I wonder which of the many Wonder Woman backstories they will use for this one? And yes, your memory is correct I did spoil about this film in the first list.

6. Spider-Man: Homecomming

To be honest, I’m just here for Zandaya. XD It’ll be nice if there was a Black Cat refrence or something.

7. Justice League

Surely, this will heal Aquaman’s (Jason Momoa) sullied reputation, the one that was destoryed by Super Friends for the general public. Also, JASON FREAKIN MOMOA! I follow his instagram, he’s a cool person. I want to see him in more roles.

This is pretty much a very biased and personal list of films I want to watch that was released this or will be released this year.

1.Deadpool

Was so happy when this got released. Cause…I won’t be struggling to find Deadpool merchandise. XD I still haven’t finished this game. One of the very few marvel things I touch. The rest would be X-Men, Blade, Iron Man and Black Cat.

2.Suicide Squad

Okay, this film ended up cutting out a good chunk of Joker and Joker and Harley Quinn scenes. I kinda feel bad for Jared Leto but at least he got paid. I kinda want to watch it because at least Katana and El Diablo are still there. So maybe my DC inner fangirl will be satsified with that?

3. Zootopia

I like bunnies. I see the main character is bunnies. But I’ve also heard it had some deep messages in it.

4. Alice Through the Looking Glass

Oh this is going to be so hard to watch. It was a dream of mine to work with Alan Rickman [RIP] and this is like the last Alan Rickman and Tim Burton film. I’m going to cry y’all if I see this! Robbie Kay, Elliot Knight, Taraji P.Henson and Benedict Cumberbatch, I hope they all live long enough so I can at least fulfill those dreams.

5. Warcraft

I never played this game. Since like 2007, I’ve been in an seemingly endless debate with myself on whether or not to play this game. This movie, like the game seems very interesting. The problem is, will I ACTUALLY decide on watching it or will I be having an endless debate with myself?

6. Finding Dory

I don’t know what to say for this. I wanna watch ’cause its a sequel

7. The Legend of Tarzan

I like Jane in this movie. That is all, I just want to see that nice yellow dress in live action. It’s a dress that comes from eras ago and I like old historical stuffs like that.

8. The Secret Life of Pets

Remember when I said I liked bunnies? Pretty much the reason why I want to watch it.

9. Batman: The Killing Joke

Did I mention I was a DC fangirl? Yes? Well this is one of the stories where Joker’s backstory isn’t a mystery he actually has a backstory. But Joker like Wonder Woman [who you’ll see later in this list series. oops spoiler] has so many different backstories

10. Sausage Party

I will be that person eating a hot dog as I watch this. Though, in one of the trailers I couldn’t help but notice that toilet paper was alive. So, shockingly, it seems to be more than just living food.

Yet to be released:

1.Moana

She’s a pacific islander Disney characte AND a newcomer voice actress. OH MY GOSH! FINALLY. It’s nice to see new blood. I’ve seen the trailer and it’s so beautifully animated.

2. Assassin’s Creed

The story does NOT connect with the video game. But I’m a history fangirl, which is pretty much the reason why I played Assassin’s Creed. I’m curious as to how this will turn out.

I want to complete all the goals listed here. So far part of Goal 1 has been completed with this post and previous posts made. “Public Awareness”. I still need to research more for the appreciation part.

GOALS

Goal 1: Foster public awareness of and appreciation for the history of Gullah Geechee people, their contributions to the development of the United States, and their connections to the African diaspora and other international cultures.

Goal 2: Enhance the quality of life for current and future generations of Gullah Geechee people within the Corridor.

Goal 3: Protect, preserve, and restore tangible and intangible natural and cultural resources in communities and other areas that are of cultural and historical significance to Gullah Geechee people.

There’s many reasons why I want to do this. But a big one is the fact that this community is at risk of disappearing. It’s too unique and important to just disappear. I can not think of any other place in U.S that for centuries, has a strong hold on African culture, traditions, language and food.

This content was originally posted on another site, but I decided to move it here. It was posted February 12, 2016.

…This would be the 2nd time they rebooted. This time the art is a bit more closer to the original for the girls but everyone else looks like they were drawn in the art style of a recent CN show.

On top of that the voices. D: No Tara Strong (Bubbles), Elizabeth Daily (Buttercup) and Cathy Cavadini (Blossom). Though, the people coming back are Tom Kenny (narrator,mayor), Roger L. Jackson (Mojo jojo) and Jennifer Hale (But not as Princess).

The most interesting song that came out during the holidays. (The song was specifically released on Dec 23, 2015)

Nevermind the fact of Melanie’s soft sounding voice. (Which I love! But then again I have a soft voice myself….) This song is far from your usual jolly and holly Christmas tune.

I’d like to state that this song seems to be the Krampus of Christmas songs. Sure quite an amount of people know of this song and Krampus, but Krampus isn’t like Santa and seemingly not as well known or commercialized.

Which makes sense, this companion of St. Nick is the one that doesn’t look very jolly and it seems his main job is to punish those naughty children along with being an incentive to keep children from doing bad things.

There’s a sort of darkness to “Gingerbread Man”, specifically the picture within the video and the sound. Combine it with the chimes and the girl in the picture the song also has a touch of “innocence” to it. With some parts definitely not being innocent.

This combination of innocence and darkness definitely reminds me of Melanie Martinez’s “Dollhouse.”

Martinez’s music style seems to be a good match for Tim Burton movies. A lot of Tim Burton movies have darkness, but also this combination of innocence and non innocence.

Overall, I feel like I could get my friends that aren’t a huge fan of Christmas to listen to it. Well more likely to get them to listen to this than Christmas carols. XD

Some information about Melanie Martinez:

-She was on The Voice (Season 3)

–She was part of Team Adam.And ended up being one of the most popular singers for that season.

-American singer AND songwriter

-Her song “Carousel” was used in a preview for FX’s American Horror Story: Freak Show